Tandem Tantrums: The Limited Time Magic Of 18 Summers
Tandem Tantrums: The Limited Time Magic Of 18 Summers When we – and by we I mean Team GEM – went to Disney Social Media Moms last year, they mentioned that we as parents only get 18 summers with our kids. That’s right. Creating memories with our kids is important and the earlier it starts, [...]
Read More →Motherhood Makes Moguls! Why Women Don’t Lose Focus After Baby And Why That Thinking Must Change (VIDEO)
Motherhood Makes Moguls! Why Women Don’t Lose Focus After Baby And Why That Thinking Must Change (VIDEO) AGGGGHHHHHHH! That is the sound of me pulling my hair out after hearing Paul Tudor Jones talking to a group of students and alumni at the University of West Virginia recently. Jones is a hedge fund billionaire who [...]
Read More →Life Lessons: Rissi Palmer
Life Lessons: Rissi Palmer Are you happy at the moment? I am If you could go back and say anything to your 16-year-old self now – what would it be? I would say tell myself to value and believe in myself more. At 16 I was dealing with an eating disorder that caused me to [...]
Read More →Life Lessons: Nicole Brady
Life Lessons: Nicole Brady Are you happy at the moment? Right now, at this very moment, yes. I’m happy. I am easily stressed out by silly little things but when I sit down and count my blessings, I have everything in the world TO be happy: A wonderful, healthy and intelligent family, a roof over [...]
Read More →Oklahoma Disaster Relief: How You Can Help Clean The World (VIDEO)
Oklahoma Disaster Relief: How You Can Help Clean The World The work in Oklahoma is a brick-by-brick, home-by-home, person-by-person effort. I’ve never been in a disaster where there wasn’t at least a gym open so I have no idea what it is like to have to neglect my hygiene for any length of time. Well, [...]
Read More →The GEM Debate: Would You Let Your Kid Skip A Free Ride To College?
The GEM Debate: Would You Let Your Kid Skip A Free Ride To College? First, let’s read the article on this developing story out of Pennsylvania. That’s right. This kid is giving up his scholarship – full scholarship – to pursue his rap career…with his father’s support. WHAT? Now we all know how expensive college [...]
Read More →Life Lessons: Andrea Updyke
Life Lessons: Andrea Updyke Are you happy at the moment? At this moment, I am sitting in my quiet kitchen waiting for the rest of my family to wake up. There is coffee brewing. Yes, I am happy. I have many happy moments each day. But I also have many frustrated, questioning moments and I [...]
Read More →How To Survive: Oklahoma Tragedy Calls For Action
How To Survive: Oklahoma Tragedy Calls For Action If you are reading this please hug a loved one and check on your neighbors as well. It will be a long day of reporting from Oklahoma as information comes out concerning fatalities, dazed families, first responders, unlikely heros, and miracles. When 9/11 happened here in [...]
Read More →The GEM Debate: Bullying: Should You Make Your Kid The Target?
There are a lot of bullies out there, and making my kid learn a lesson at the expense of them becoming a target is a no-no…NO. Here’s the scoop. A local Fox affiliate in Philly posed this question on their Facebook page: Wow! Did this mom go too far? She made her daughter dress like this [...]
Read More →Our Story Begins: The Breakdown Moment
Our Story Begins: The Breakdown Moment “Your kids are so polite!” That line gets said a lot. My oldest daughter, Abbi, even got it from her boss when she brought one of my twin boys, Noah, to work one day. “Your brother is so polite!” She got the very common response all of us [...]
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